NEITHER / EITHER / BOTH (3)

Good morning / afternoon / evening, everyone, depending on when you are reading this lesson. Welcome back to the Daily Vitamin.

As we have seen so far, neither / either / both are used to refer to two things and are usually used with a noun.

Today we will look at the phrases neither of / either of / both of.

Neither of / Either of / Both of
⇒ They are used to refer to two things.
⇒ They are usually used with a definite article (THE), a plural demonstrative pronoun (THESE / THOSE), or a possessive form (MY / MINE / YOUR / YOURS / LINDA'S, ETC.).

GENERALISATIONS
1) Neither of plural noun phrase singular verb form (NEITHER OF THE / THOSE CARS IS...)
2) Both of plural noun phrase plural verb form (BOTH OF MY CARS / LINDA'S CARS ARE...)
3) Either of plural noun phrase  singular verb form (EITHER OF THE / THOSE CARS IS...)

Examples:
There are two cars.
⇒ Neither of the cars is fast. (= Car A is not fast. Car B is not fast.)
⇒ Neither of those cars is fast. (=Car A is not fast. Car B is not fast.)
⇒ You can borrow either of my cars. (= I have two cars. You can borrow Car A or Car B. It doesn't matter.)
⇒ You can borrow either of mine. (mine = my cars.)
⇒ Both of my cars are old. (= I have two old cars.)
⇒ Both of Linda's cars were blue. (= Linda had two blue cars.)

To give you more practice, I encourage you to write 1 to 3 sentences with these 3 words, similar to the examples I've included today. Please post your sentences to one of our social media sites (Facebook or Bluesky) and we will give you feedback about your sentences as soon as we can.

Have both a relaxing and a productive day!

Tomorrow we'll be back with our last lesson of the week.